Bosham Social Sailing Session 1
NEW FOR 2024
These sessions are for members who are keen to improve their sailing. Its all very well doing an RYA course but what can you do with that bit of paper? Time on the water in the company of other sailors is what builds confidence, knowledge, ability, and camaraderie.
These regular Friday sessions will be led by Melvyn Cooper with a relaxed and supportive emphasis. There's no pressure on formal learning. Just the opportunity to go sailing with safety cover whilst being helped and supported by experienced and RYA qualified instructors. You can go out in your own boat or use a club boat (included in the fee). The Fusions and Bahias are perfect for just getting out on the water. Come with friends or make new friends on the water.
These sessions are not for beginners. You'll need to have some knowledge of sailing and be able to rig, launch, sail upwind and downwind, tack, gybe, and recover ashore, in light winds up to force 3. Instructors will be on hand to help you with all this, but you do need to have the basic skills.
What you will learn over a number of sessions:
- Understanding boat set up (sails, downhaul, outhaul and kicker settings)
- Launching and returning ashore techniques (including avoiding the Raptackle)
- Boat handling skills (helm position, mainsheet control & hiking)
- Controlling boat speed (slowing down, stopping & accelerating)
- Upwind and tacking skills (shimmer technique & tell tales)
- Downwind and gybing skills (reaching, running & kiting)
If you are concerned about your ability, do get in touch and we can advise.
More experienced members who would like to participate in some social sailing and to help take people out in their own boats also please get in touch. It would be great to see you.
If there's too much or too little wind the sessions will still go ahead. There is plenty to go into detail ashore with the five points of sailing, launching your boat and coming ashore safely, reefing your sail, using tell tales upwind, getting out of irons and many more subjects. Practicing theory ashore will increase your knowledge and enable you to experience theory vs reality once afloat. High winds may also give the opportunity to go out with an experienced sailor and enjoy conditions that would be too extreme on your own.
Session times: All sessions are on Fridays
- 26 April: 11:00 - 15:00
- 10 May: 11:00 - 15:00
- 24 May: 11:00 - 15:00
- 7 June: 11:00 - 15:00
- 21 June: 10:00 - 14:00
- 5 July: 10:00 - 14:00
Book all six or any three. Unfortunately, due the nature of this course its not possible to book individual sessions.
Cost: All six £200 or any three £120. If booking three, please indicate on your booking which sessions you'd like to attend so we can keep an eye on the numbers.
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Last updated 2:42am on 2 May 2024
